Northern Ireland v Belarus (15/11/2024)

VADIM PIGAS DEFENDER FC DINAMO MINSK

DMITRI PRISCHEPA DEFENDER

VLADISLAV KLIMOVICH MIDFIELDER FC DIOSGYORI (HUN) AGE 28 CAPS 42 GOALS 1 A Belarusian champion with BATE Borisov in 2014, Klimovich made his international debut in 2017 and scored his only goal to date in a 5-3 friendly loss to Romania.

FC ROTOR VOLGOGRAD (RUS) AGE 23 CAPS 0 GOALS 0 The uncapped Prischepa has played for Belarus at several youth levels, with 14 caps for the Under-21s. He has spent the bulk of his club career in Russia.

AGE 23 CAPS 1 GOALS 0 Pigas made his debut for his country only last month, starting at right back in the 1-1 Nations League draw with Luxembourg.

MAX EBONH MIDFIELDER FC ASTANA (KAZ) AGE 25 CAPS 42 GOALS 5 Ebonh made his Belarus debut in a 1-0 friendly loss to Wales in September 2019. He scored three goals during the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign, finding the net against Israel, Kosovo and Switzerland.

YEVGENI YABLONSKI MIDFIELDER FC ASTERAS (GRE)

NIKITA KORZUN MIDFIELDER

FC YELIMAY SEMEY (KAZ) AGE 29 CAPS 28 GOALS 0 Korzun’s international debut came in Belfast when Belarus suffered a 3-0 friendly defeat prior to Northern Ireland leaving for Euro 2016. His club career has included spells with Dynamo Kyiv in Ukraine and Al-Fateh in Saudi Arabia.

AGE 29 CAPS 39 GOALS 3 Yablonski enjoyed a trophy filled spell with BATE Borisov, lifting the league trophy five times, before leaving Belarus in 2022. Firstly he joined Cypriot club Aris Limassol before switching to Greek club Asteras Tripolis this year.

VALERY GROMYKO MIDFIELDER FC KAIRAT (KAZ) AGE 27 CAPS 19 GOALS 1 Gromyko made his international debut in a 2-0 Euro 2020 qualifying defeat to Germany in June 2019.

VALERY BOCHEROV MIDFIELDER FC UFA (RUS)

ALEKSANDR SELIAVA MIDFIELDER FC DINAMO MINSK

AGE 24 CAPS 16 GOALS 0 After coming through the ranks at BATE Borisov, Bocherov left for Russia in 2023, first for Ural Yekaterinburg before joining Ufa on loan this term.

AGE 32 CAPS 12 GOALS 0 A Belarusian champion with Shakhtar Soligorsk in 2020, Saliva moved to Russia with Rostov in 2022 before signing for Dinamo Minsk last year.

VITALI LISAKOVICH FORWARD FC BALTIKA KALININGRAD (RUS) AGE 26 CAPS 21 GOALS 5 Lisakovich made a decent start to his international career when it came to scoring goals, but he has not found the net since scoring in a World Cup qualifier against Wales in September 2021.

DZMITRI ANTSILEUSKI FORWARD FC HAPOEL HAIFA (ISR) AGE 27 CAPS 17 GOALS 2 Antsileuski has won league titles both in his home country with BATE Borisov and in Georgia with Dinamo Tbilisi. He joined Israeli team Hapoel Haifa this year.

MAX KIREEV FORWARD FC LIERSE (BEL)

YEVGENI SHIKAVKA FORWARD

GERMAN BARKOVSKI FORWARD FC DINAMO BREST AGE 22 CAPS 4 GOALS 0

FC KORONA KIELCE (POL) AGE 32 CAPS 6 GOALS 0 Shikavka made his international debut at the age of 25 in 2018 and has earned only a handful of caps since, but the frontman brings plenty of experience to an otherwise largely youthful attacking group.

AGE 20 CAPS 6 GOALS 0 Born in Belgium, Kireev has spent all of his club career there, starting in Anderlecht’s youth system before joining Lierse. He made his international debut in March this year in a 2-0 friendly loss to Montenegro.

Barkovski made his international debut

earlier this year in a 4-0 friendly defeat to Israel in Budapest.

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